as in deposit
a first payment that you make when you buy something with an agreement to pay the rest later
She made a 10 percent down payment on the car. We put a down payment on the house.
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Recent Examples of down payment
The average lease payment was $567 a month with a down payment of $3,248.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
The average lease payment was $567 a month with a down payment of $3,248.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
But Costanzo used the money toward a down payment on a condominium purchase, the indictment says.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
With rent prices still high across much of the country, saving for a down payment can feel nearly impossible.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
The average lease payment was $567 a month with a down payment of $3,248.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
But Costanzo used the money toward a down payment on a condominium purchase, the indictment says.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
With rent prices still high across much of the country, saving for a down payment can feel nearly impossible.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for down payment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for down payment
Noun
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In Shea Carney's house, those beverage bottles and cans eligible for a 10-cent deposit return have become more of a nuisance than a useful income boost.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Bank lobbyists say these terminals being closed to penny deposits is exacerbating the penny shortage, because parts of the country that may have some surplus pennies are unable to get those pennies to parts of country with shortages.—
Ken Sweet,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rare earths, in particular, became a key sticking point, and earlier guarantees of a free-flowing rare-earth market never materialized.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Other federal employees, though, didn’t even get a guarantee of any payment.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Down payment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/down%20payment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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